February 5-9

Monday 2-5-07
Activity: Activity: Continue to present Alien Projects.
Homework: Complete the study guide for Chapters 19 and 20, Test Friday

Tuesday 2-6-07
Activity: Activity: Analyze the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram on characteristics of stars. Online tutorial: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html
Compare humans and stars and the stages each goes through.
Websites:
http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/Darko/sb99_sts.html#dist

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Stars/hrdiagram.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/startypes.shtml

Wednesday 2-7-07
Activity: Point presentation on types of galaxies. Online web quest about galaxies.
Homework: SG 20-3
Websites:
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/supp/gal-ttab.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113067/TypesOfGalaxies.htm

http://www.skyimagelab.com/galaxies.html

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/galaxytour/index.html

http://www.smv.org/hastings/student2.htm

Thursday 2-8-07
Activity: Activity: Review for test on Chapters 19 and 20
Homework: STUDY

Friday 2-9-07
Test on Chapters 19 and 20

January 29- February 2

Your Aliens Projects are due this Friday, February 2nd.

Monday 1-29-07
Activity: “A Spin Around Our Solar System: The Sun as a Star” United Streaming video. Complete a focus sheet during video.
Homework: Work on your project
Websites:
http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/Darko/sb99_sts.html#dist

Tuesday 1-30-07
Activity: Mr. Lepes will demonstrate seasons, solstices, equinoxes, and gravity.
Homework:Work on your project, SG 20-1

Wednesday 1-31-07
Activity: Work on Power Point presentations for alien projects… Save presentations to “open-share” drive


Thursday 2-1-07
Activity: Activity:Analyze the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram on characteristics of stars. Online tutorial: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html Compare humans and stars and the stages each goes through.
Homework: Finish up projects
Websites:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/stargazers/index.html

Friday 2-2-07
Activity: Present Aliens Projects

January 22- 26

Homework all week: Work on your "Aliens" project... Whenever possible, you may come use the laptops during recess, study hall, or after school. Just see me to discuss when you can come in for computer time.

This is a great website for all your cosmic questions:
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_plan.html

Monday 1-22-07
Activity: Lab on elliptical orbits
Homework: SG 19-2
Websites:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/

Tuesday 1-23-07
Activity: Earth as a peppercorn: Create a metric scale model of the distances of planets using spices. OR create a human scale model of the solar system (outside).
Homework: Weigh in on other planets, how old are you on other planets?
Webites:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php

http://www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/


Wednesday 1-24-07
Allow time to work on aliens project using virtual space tour:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php
Movies in the afternoon ("Night at the Museum")

Thursday 1-25-07
Activity: Create a timeline (online) of space travel and technology.
Include 10 entries with a description of each event.
Use this site: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html

Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/quiz.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/timeline.html

http://wingsovermars.arc.nasa.gov/

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/

http://www.history.com/exhibits/moonshots/timeline.html

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/greatest_space_events_1960s.html

Friday 1-26-07
Activity: national geographic online investigative activity, online scavenger hunt.
Homework: SG 19-3
Websites:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078741858/student_view0/unit4/chapter11/lesson4/lesson_review.html

http://quest.nasa.gov/vft/docs/Solar_Syst_Math_L3.doc

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/organizers/cometsasteroids.php.p=Astronomy+basics@,eds,astronomy-basics.php&a=,eds

http://www.kidskonnect.com/CometsMeteors/CometAsteroidMeteorHome.html

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/asteroids/

January 15-19

No School Monday. We are starting a project this Tuesday that will be due in about 3 weeks.


Tuesday 1-16-07
Activity: Introduce “Aliens” project. Video: "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
Homework: Project due in 3 weeks
Websites:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/blast/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/

http://video.movies.go.com/hitchhikersguide/global/index_main.html?countryID=us&section=&datastr=&

Wednesday 1-17-07
Activity: Finish video from Monday.
Homework: moon phases puzzle

Thursday 1-18-07
Activity: Demonstration on seasons, moon phases, and eclipses.
Homework: moon phases and eclipses worksheet
Websites:
VERY COOL SITE: http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/eclipse/eclipses.htm

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/seasons/frame.html

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclipses.html

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html


Friday 1-19-07
Activity: Mr. Lepes will teach a lesson and do a demonstration modeling the formation of our solar system.
Homework: SG 19-1
Websites:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/formation.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/solarsystem/formation.html

http://www.marxist.com/science/bigbang.html

January 8-12

Monday 1-8-07
Activity: Online tutorials and quizzes for waves, currents, and tides. Play ocean floor game to identify some landforms on the ocean floor.
Homework: SG 9-2, ocean floor worksheet
Websites:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm

http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/features.html

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/RESEARCH/Christine_Oxenford/index.html

Tuesday 1-9-07
Activity: Tide Pool Activity
Homework: Quarterly Study guide
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/tidepool.html

http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Visitor/TidePool/VRTidepool/welcome.html

Wednesday 1-10-07
Activity: Quiz on Oceans
Homework: Quarterly Study guide

Thursday 1-11-07
Activity: Review for quarterly exam
Homework: STUDY

Friday 1-12-07
Activity: Quarterly Assessment

January 2-5

Happy New Year!
Quiz next Wednesday on Oceans. Quarterly Exam is next Friday..
Study guides will be given on Wednesday.

Tuesday 1-2-07
Activity: Ocean waves simulation (online), online waves quiz
Homework: Draw and label parts of a wave
Websites:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/waves1.htm

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/index.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://www.vickiblackwell.com/tt2/glendahusser/Hunt/


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/waves/index.html

Wednesday 1-3-07
Activity: Tide simulator internet activity. Tide level observer internet activity.
Homework: Questions about tides
Websites:
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/tides/tides_main.html

http://riker.ps.missouri.edu/RICKSPAGE/Moon/Tides.html

Thursday 1-4-07
Activity: Tidal range lab
Homework: Tides puzzle, draw diagrams of neap tides and spring tides
Websites:
http://www.mmscrusaders.com/newscirocks/tides/tideanim.htm

http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/newjerseysites.html

Friday 1-5-07
Activity: Density currents activity.
Homework: SG 9-3
Websites:
http://www.csun.edu/~psk17793/ES9CP/ES9%20ocean_currents.htm